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Campaign paraphernalia.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings DO NOT USE

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

1976 political campaigns miscellany

 Collection — Mapcase folder 1: [Barcode: 31924113565505]
Identifier: 3716
Scope and content

Campaign buttons, bumper stickers, leaflets, posters, and handouts relating to the campaigns of President Gerald Ford for reelection, Jimmy Carter for President, Matt McHugh for Congress, Doug Auer for (New York State) Assembly, Daniel Patrick Moynihan for Senator, and Bill Smith for (New York State) Senator. Also, letter from Peter Harnik and advertisement urging defeat of 12 anti-environmentalist congressmen in the "Dirty Dozen Campaign."

Dates: 1976.

American political campaigns collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6477
Abstract

Print, broadside, ribbon, posters, buttons, bumper stickers, bubble gum, greeting card, headscarf, medal, postcards and inaugural programs from various political campaigns, both national and gubernatorial (New York State).

Dates: 1868-2016,-[bulk 1968-1980].

Barack Obama presidential campaign and inauguration collection

 Collection
Identifier: 6828
Abstract

Obama t-shirt and bumper sticker, and an extensive collection of newspapers and magazines about his Presidential campaign and inauguration.

Dates: 2008-2014.

Bob Shultz Political Americana collection

 Collection — Mapcase folder 17
Identifier: 8566
Abstract

The collection consists of approximately 3,912 items, including buttons, ribbons, posters, bumper stickers, pamphlets, flyers, and other ephemera, and 3-dimensional items such as glassware, soap, cigars, clocks, figurines, toys, and more. Politcal items include all the major presidental candiates from the 1960s through the 2016 election as well as many smaller state and local campaigns, mainly from New York State.

Dates: circa 1960-2016

Campaign items

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3827
Scope and content

Includes one scarf and one handkerchief.

Dates: 1912.

Harrop Arthur Freeman papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2395
Scope and content

Speeches, correspondence, press releases, clippings, pamphlets, sound film, and other items pertaining to Freeman's campaign for Congress; issues were primarily nuclear disarmament and the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Dates: 1962.

Horace White papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1619
Scope and content

Photographs, certificates, proclamations, receipts, and other items pertaining to White's college days at Cornell (Class of '87), his career as an attorney in Syracuse, his term as governor, his interest in the Progressive Party, and his appointment to the Cornell Board of Trustees.

Dates: 1886-1947.

Lucinda Cawley political and commemorative textiles collection

 Collection
Identifier: 8433
Abstract

Approximately 100 commemorative textiles, buttons, photographs and other ephemera relating to United States presidential campaigns, United States military, World's Fairs, as well as other events from the late 19th century through the early 21st century.

Dates: 1860s-2008.

Manufacturers' samples of political campaign materials

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064695293]
Identifier: 2780
Scope and content

A collection of campaign materials including animated buttons, broadsides, handbills, maps, litter bags, bookmarks, comics, coloring books, phonograph records, and the like from the 1968 presidential, state, and local elections. J. Freides Stationery, Philadelphia Badge Company, American Heritage Foundation and the Story Line, Inc. are the manufacturers represented.

Dates: 1967-1969.

Political Americana

 Collection
Identifier: 3032
Scope and content

Broadsides, newspapers, a poem, a tie with depictions of politcal pins (mu-5073), and a scrapbook of form letters, clippings, tracts, ballots, and other items pertaining to political issues and campaigns, ca. 1843-1912. Also included is a set of Jeam Beam political party decanters, 1980, and a novelty Hillary Clinton laughing pen.

Dates: [ca. 1843]-1912, 1980.